Wembley Stadium has been booked for a midsummer battle of Britain spectacular between Amir Khan and Kell Brook.

This world welterweight title spectacular has been fermenting for more than two years and is now expected to take place on June 4.

Promoter Eddie Hearn says: 'It's the next natural huge domestic fight that the public has been wanting and it is now coming closer to fruition than at any time.

Amir Khan punches Chris Algieri during their welterweight bout at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on May 29

Kell Brook stopped British rival Frankie Gavin in the sixth round to retain his IBF welterweight title on May 31

'Amir has now told me that he definitely wants to fight Kell in the summer.

'All that remains is to settle the terms.'

Both men are expected to have warm-up fights in February, with Khan having virtually given up hope of being chosen by Manny Pacquiao for what could well be the Philippine congressman's last fight, in April, before retiring completely into politics.

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Khan has let it be known that he believes Pacquiao, now virtually recovered from the shoulder injury that dogged him in defeat by Floyd Mayweather in the richest fight of all time, is about to nominate Bradley for that occasion.

That would be the decisive fight in a trilogy begun by Bradley's hugely controversial points victory in the first fight and avenged by Pacquiao in the rematch.

Brook is expected to have a home town defence of his world title in Sheffield. Khan is likely to return to America for his warm-up bout at the end of February.

Return to Wembley: The stadium has been booked for a night in June next year by promoter Eddie Hearn

Manny Pacquiao has nearly recovered from the injury that he dogged him in his Floyd Mayweather defeat

Hearn says: 'Brook fighting Khan has to happen and I put Wembley on hold.'

The stadium was filled with 80,000 fans for the now retired Carl Froch's sensational knock out of George Groves in the second grudge match between those rivals.

Hearn says: 'We are now looking at something equally big and exciting. Amir knows that we need to get it done sooner rather than later now because Kell is only a couple of fights away from moving up a division to light middleweight.'

Khan, who was left at the altar three times by Mayweather, appears now to be resigned to being passed over for an alternative mega fight with Pacquiao.

Even though Khan had emailed acceptance of terms for the Pacquiao fight, the contract he expected to receive by return has not materialised.

Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum was hoping that the Pacman would choose another of his stable of fighters, the fast-rising Terence Crawford, but it no appears that Bradley will get the nod in Las Vegas in April.

Promoter Eddie Hearn says: 'Brook fighting Khan has to happen and I put Wembley on hold'